The measure of God : our century-long struggle to reconcile science & religion / Larry Witham.
2005
201.650904 W822m 2005
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Title
The measure of God : our century-long struggle to reconcile science & religion / Larry Witham.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0060591919 (cloth)
9780060591915 (cloth)
9780060591915 (cloth)
Imprint
[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, ©2005.
Language
English
Description
ix, 358 pages ; 24 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
9780060591915
Call Number
201.650904 W822m 2005
System Control No.
(OCoLC)58986034
(OCoLC)58986034
(OCoLC)58986034
Summary
A historical account of the debate between religious and scientific thought throughout the twentieth century explains how the famous Gifford Lectures reflected the beliefs of some of the period's top thinkers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-341) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : Science and religion : a century in four acts
The Sandyford mystery : how the Gifford lectures began
The end of philosophy : the rise and fall of idealism
The "savage high gods" : anthropology
Streams of experience : psychology
Does God play dice? : physics
Social forces and sin : sociology
How it really was : the science of history
From Barth to Being : the revolt against reason
A designer universe : God and the new sciences
Religious pluralism : the limits of knowledge
The measure of God : Scotland, America, and the Giffords.
The Sandyford mystery : how the Gifford lectures began
The end of philosophy : the rise and fall of idealism
The "savage high gods" : anthropology
Streams of experience : psychology
Does God play dice? : physics
Social forces and sin : sociology
How it really was : the science of history
From Barth to Being : the revolt against reason
A designer universe : God and the new sciences
Religious pluralism : the limits of knowledge
The measure of God : Scotland, America, and the Giffords.
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